Crisis and Transition: The Economics of Scholarly Communication

Crisis and Transition: The Economics of Scholarly Communication

John William Houghton

Crisis and Transition: The Economics of Scholarly Communication' takes a systems approach to describing the process of scholarly communication and exploring the economics that govern it. The paper examines the relationships between players in the system, the cost and incentive structures underpinning the creation, production and distribution of scholarly content and the underlying economics of scholarly communication. It then explores the economics underlying some of the emerging electronic publishing models.

2002